On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, just when the states and counties thought that the fighting had stopped and they could take a breather, the cavalry generals under the command of King Xiao Jingyao of Luoyang took advantage of the lantern lighting on the night of the fifteenth day, took advantage of the chaos, led thousands of elite troops to rush across the Fushui River, and raided Fucheng.
The governor of Fucheng captured Fucheng without any defense.
It was also on the same day that Xiao Jingyao's personally appointed Cavalry Commander Wang Mian led his troops to capture Luocheng.
The generals stationed in Luocheng were defeated by the surprise attack and were routed to Mianzhu. However, the Mianzhu generals heard that the soldiers under the command of Luoyang King Xiao Jingyao had divided their troops into three groups to surround them and surrendered without a fight.
On the twilight of the first lunar month, Yizhou was declared lost.
Xiao Jingyao ordered Wang Mian to appease the people of Yizhou, restore their livelihood, and reduce the various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes that had been levied in Yizhou to build the official residence. The people of Yizhou were all grateful to King Xiao Jingyao of Luoyang.
On the fifth day of March, Wuling King Xiao Rong led tens of thousands of troops to capture Yongzhou. Yongzhou's soldiers were outnumbered and their supplies were exhausted. General Ningyuan who was stationed in Yongzhou was defeated and died. The Yongzhou governor was captured alive by Wuling King Xiao Rong.
On the ninth day of March, the prefect of Jiangling relied on the fact that there were a lot of floating ice on the river. The weather was cold and the river was fast. The enemy did not dare to cross the river. He only sent a few sailors to guard the river and the infantry was stationed on both sides. Prince Xiao Duo of Changsha led his men to break the ice.
Cross the river and drive straight into Jiangling City.
Hearing that Jiangling had been lost, General Yingzhou's left guard guarded Yingzhou with elite troops from the counties along the river, and densely planted tree trunks in the water to block boat traffic.
However, Yingzhou is built on the mountains and the city is built with stones. The arrows and stones cannot get close, so it is impossible to attack by force.
Xiao Duo, the crown prince of Changsha, showed off his troops but did not attack. On the other hand, he secretly sent his soldiers to attack the Huangjiawan Fort in the lower reaches of Yingzhou. He then sent troops to repair Pingjiang Weir, paved the ground with broken bamboos, dragged boats into the lake, and attacked in a roundabout way.
General Zuowei led his troops and fought fiercely with Xiao Duo's troops for five days and five nights. In the end, he lost to Xiao Duo and was beheaded by Xiao Duo in front of the formation. The governor of Yingzhou was captured.
As major states and counties were lost one after another, Xiao Heng, who was far away in the imperial palace, could not calm down no matter what. An imperial edict was passed down, and Wei Ziyi, who had been demoted to General Yangwei before, was re-promoted to the general of Xiaoqi.
Send 200,000 troops and horses and order him to lead the army to quell the rebellion of the kings!
When Wei Ziyi, who was far away in Weihan, received this imperial edict, he felt quite complicated for a while.
Previously, the Wei family had made countless military exploits for the emperor, but because his sister Wei Zijin married the King of Luoyang, the emperor began to be wary of the Wei family. Not only did he demote his official position, he also cut off part of the Wei family's military power!
Now the emperor suddenly issued an imperial edict, re-appointing him as a knight general, and assigning him more troops to lead troops to quell the chaos. It seemed that he was being used in a more important way, but in fact it was probably because there was no other choice!
"Military advisor, what do you think?" Wei Ziyi asked with a frown. She felt that the emperor's imperial edict was like a hot potato. If she didn't accept it, she would be resisting it. If she accepted it, she would have a formal military confrontation with her sister's husband!
"Sir General, in your heart, which is more important, loyalty to the emperor, or your family?"
Wei Ziyi suddenly fell silent, and this was what made him hesitate!
"Military advisor, if I am ordered to quell this rebellion among the kings, what will happen to my sister Zijin?"
"She is the Princess of Luoyang. I'm afraid she will be executed together with the King of Luoyang!"
Hearing the word "ask and kill", Wei Ziyi's body suddenly trembled, and her mind couldn't help but think of Wei Zijin when he was young, laughing and playing with him in the general's mansion.